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Introduction

© 1951 The American Philosophical Society Press

© 1951 The American Philosophical Society Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. PREFACE 387
  3. CONTENTS 389
  4. Introduction 390
  5. I. Ancient bird lore 392
  6. II. Aristotle's studies of birds and the Middle Ages 393
  7. III. Continental bird lore and the encyclopedists 401
  8. IV. Early bird lore in England 414
  9. V. Early bird lore in the western world 426
  10. VI. Early Colonial bird observation in America 443
  11. VII. The mid-seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries 454
  12. VIII. Mark Catesby, Founder of American ornithology 463
  13. IX. American ornithology under European compilers 478
  14. X. Bird observation resumed in America 501
  15. XI. Early ornithological observation around Hudson Bay and other boreal regions 511
  16. XII. Bird lists of the latter eighteenth century 524
  17. XIII. Bartram, Abbot, and Vieillot 536
  18. XIV. Alexander Wilson, Father of American ornithology 552
  19. Bibliography 570
  20. Index 584
History of American Ornithology Before Audubon
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https://doi.org/10.70249/9798893980905-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. PREFACE 387
  3. CONTENTS 389
  4. Introduction 390
  5. I. Ancient bird lore 392
  6. II. Aristotle's studies of birds and the Middle Ages 393
  7. III. Continental bird lore and the encyclopedists 401
  8. IV. Early bird lore in England 414
  9. V. Early bird lore in the western world 426
  10. VI. Early Colonial bird observation in America 443
  11. VII. The mid-seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries 454
  12. VIII. Mark Catesby, Founder of American ornithology 463
  13. IX. American ornithology under European compilers 478
  14. X. Bird observation resumed in America 501
  15. XI. Early ornithological observation around Hudson Bay and other boreal regions 511
  16. XII. Bird lists of the latter eighteenth century 524
  17. XIII. Bartram, Abbot, and Vieillot 536
  18. XIV. Alexander Wilson, Father of American ornithology 552
  19. Bibliography 570
  20. Index 584
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